Games on July 5, 2009

The games of July 5, 2009

On July 5, 2009, 15 games went into the books. The St. Louis Cardinals routed the Cincinnati Reds 10-1, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-8. The day's shutouts were the Florida Marlins over the Pittsburgh Pirates (5-0) and the Philadelphia Phillies over the New York Mets (2-0). One-run games: the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 over the Colorado Rockies and the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-6 over the San Diego Padres. Elsewhere, the Anaheim Angels topped the Baltimore Orioles 9-6, the Boston Red Sox topped the Seattle Mariners 8-4, the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-2, the Cleveland Indians fell to the Oakland Athletics, 5-2, the Chicago White Sox fell to the Kansas City Royals, 6-3, the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 6-2, the Houston Astros topped the San Francisco Giants 7-1, the Tampa Bay Rays fell to the Texas Rangers, 5-2, and the Atlanta Braves fell to the Washington Nationals, 5-3. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Jul 4, 2009 and the next, Jul 6, 2009. The 2009 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.